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i have two questions for steve. the core of your presentation is comparing effect sizes from the impact study of head start with several other types of studies. what i'm interested in whether those studies are capturing information on disadvantaged kids that are similar in their background characteristics to the kids served in head start? are we comparing apples to apples? second question would be, what's your point of view on the reform strategy that the administration is following for head start? would you recommend anything different other than your call for more research on effective practice? >> so thank you, tom. so, yes, we are comparing apples to apples. to the extent there are differences in the population, their biased against studies that serve broader populations because effects are bigger the more disadvantaged kids are. all right? but people have adjusted. bill gormly and his colleagues said, well let's look at only the kids who can get into head start. effects differences are bigger if you do that. to
i have two questions for steve. the core of your presentation is comparing effect sizes from the impact study of head start with several other types of studies. what i'm interested in whether those studies are capturing information on disadvantaged kids that are similar in their background characteristics to the kids served in head start? are we comparing apples to apples? second question would be, what's your point of view on the reform strategy that the administration is following for head...
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chairman, yes, steve. i'm from tanzania. there's a certain nervousness about chinese or asian engagement with africa. and i'd like to get your perspective as to why you think that -- that nervousness i'm detecting from washington and london and paris why do you think that might be the case the west is nervous about african engagement with the east? >> nervousness about chinese engagement in africa. i hope that the panelists will be able to respond to do this. you want to share with us from your perspective from the indian perspectiv perspective? >> there is a question? yes, please. >> there may be different models but it's useful to have goals and the millennium development goals have indeed spurred a number of actions. the development community really now wonders how you see the >> thank you. i don't know if you're picking on the politicians. [laughter] >> but i'll give it a shot. now, i think one of the issues that we need to perhaps look at is that is china's renewed engagement with africa or the south for that matter use
chairman, yes, steve. i'm from tanzania. there's a certain nervousness about chinese or asian engagement with africa. and i'd like to get your perspective as to why you think that -- that nervousness i'm detecting from washington and london and paris why do you think that might be the case the west is nervous about african engagement with the east? >> nervousness about chinese engagement in africa. i hope that the panelists will be able to respond to do this. you want to share with us...
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who will be the filter and steve will say his organization. but who will be the filter when that news hits whatever it hits your terminal? >> so are you saying if somebody published a rumor let's say the ceo of a company was sick or there was -- >> other sleeping with dogs? [laughter] >> i think that this is -- again, my white motif here as somebody who's a new fan of all these new technologies these are new instances of the old problems and the old problem is how -- there's more leverage through information now and so if these seem to be legally damaging and actionable events, then you can take legal action later on and i think there will be something in the whole economic ecosphere and there will be responsible bloggers and, quote-unquote, responsible news organizations and i think a solution will evolve. >> jeff, has the law caught up with this? >> larry will know better than i but my sense is that the law will make things much worser -- not worser, much worse for corporate leaks than even for national security leaks. once the corporate sec
who will be the filter and steve will say his organization. but who will be the filter when that news hits whatever it hits your terminal? >> so are you saying if somebody published a rumor let's say the ceo of a company was sick or there was -- >> other sleeping with dogs? [laughter] >> i think that this is -- again, my white motif here as somebody who's a new fan of all these new technologies these are new instances of the old problems and the old problem is how -- there's...
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[laughter] >> i want to echo steve's point about the constitution and law. we are talking about unilateral presidential power. i mean bush went into iraq with an authorization to use military force. obama bombs in libya without the consent of congress, without consulting congress and those few days afterwards he sent a letter to congress where he mentions the war powers resolution but he doesn't invoke it are. in fact there's only been one president since the war powers resolution was passed in the early 1970s that didn't and that was actually after the military action in question. so no president has actually invoked the wave the war powers resolution was supposed to legitimately be exercised and it is surprising that you have the president and obama who said during the campaign that he would consult with congress on in offensive military action and libya is one. you are bombing military infrastructure. it is clearly -- a clearly calls for at least lisa consultation with congress as required by the war powers resolution is not an authorization for use of fo
[laughter] >> i want to echo steve's point about the constitution and law. we are talking about unilateral presidential power. i mean bush went into iraq with an authorization to use military force. obama bombs in libya without the consent of congress, without consulting congress and those few days afterwards he sent a letter to congress where he mentions the war powers resolution but he doesn't invoke it are. in fact there's only been one president since the war powers resolution was...
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their other states and steve if you want to talk a little bit about that word is then done in a much more i don't want to say congenial but perhaps less conflict ridden arena, does it matter? does everybody get to the same place at the end of the day? are the reforms the same or are we seeing a convergence there? >> it is hard -- two states i mentioned that a been fairly successful in the last year at getting union and states to sit down and agree would be vermont and delaware. now, both have democratic governors. but, vermont started their reforms a year ago when they had a republican governor. and, you know maybe it is because the states are relatively small and a cumbre stations are a lot more intimate. somebody in vermont told me, actually it was the former governor, said that it is very likely your next-door neighbor is a teacher or a firefighter, so you can personalize the debate a little bit more and you can visualize that we are talking about your neighbor here whereas in larger states it is harder to do that. at any rate, in those days they were determined, to governors, sha
their other states and steve if you want to talk a little bit about that word is then done in a much more i don't want to say congenial but perhaps less conflict ridden arena, does it matter? does everybody get to the same place at the end of the day? are the reforms the same or are we seeing a convergence there? >> it is hard -- two states i mentioned that a been fairly successful in the last year at getting union and states to sit down and agree would be vermont and delaware. now, both...
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steve larsen who is director of the centers for consumer information, an insurance oversight or the cchio with the centers for medicare and medicaid services. prior to his current position, mr. larsen served as director of the division of insurance oversight at cchio. welcome, mr. larsen. you will have 5 minutes to present your testimony. thank you. >> good morning, chairwoman ellmers, ranking member majors and members of the subcommittee. thank you for the opportunity to discuss how the affordable care act is improving the affordibility, accessibility and the quality of health insurance available to small businesses and their employees. providing and maintaining health insurance coverage for employees has been a challenge for small businesses for many years. states have struggled for decades, really, to improve their small group health insurance market, and i know this from my many years of experiences, insurance commissioner in the state of maryland. small businesses pay significantly more than large firms for the same health insurance policy. some estimates put that at about 18% more.
steve larsen who is director of the centers for consumer information, an insurance oversight or the cchio with the centers for medicare and medicaid services. prior to his current position, mr. larsen served as director of the division of insurance oversight at cchio. welcome, mr. larsen. you will have 5 minutes to present your testimony. thank you. >> good morning, chairwoman ellmers, ranking member majors and members of the subcommittee. thank you for the opportunity to discuss how the...
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almami, please. >> yes, you may choose, podium or -- >> thank you very much, steve. thank you to the willson center. thank you, ambassador for the opportunity to say something here about the elections in congo. on behalf i wish to thank all of you for coming. by way of introduction, i've been an effort for some time particularly in the war-torn countries and not so war-torn countries. recently we had worked in the nigeria and the nigerian elections so now looking at the drc we have been in the drc on and off since 1997, and i am very pleased to say most of the programs that we've run in the drc have been funded by the u.s. government. lately we have funding from the germans and canada. right now we're funded by the u.s. government working on civil education in the congo, and we have seen exactly what we thought would happen and that is it is quite interested in taking responsibility and reacting to the recent elections. drc elections for 2011. what we have at stake? the ambassador did mention a few of those but what i think we have to look at what we have at stake is
almami, please. >> yes, you may choose, podium or -- >> thank you very much, steve. thank you to the willson center. thank you, ambassador for the opportunity to say something here about the elections in congo. on behalf i wish to thank all of you for coming. by way of introduction, i've been an effort for some time particularly in the war-torn countries and not so war-torn countries. recently we had worked in the nigeria and the nigerian elections so now looking at the drc we have...
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and, um, steve jobs once said if you want to predict the future, the best way to predict the future is to invent it. and these three gentlemen have all had something to do with the creation of the internet and post-internet. you are illustrious ceo, walter isaacson back when he was at time as editor in if 1994 released one of the very first internet portals called path finder which is still out there today. biz stone and ev williams, co-founders of blogger and twitter, both of those inventions will be, we'll be feeling the repercussions of that for another generation at least. so without further ado, walter isaacson, biz stone and ev williams. [applause] >> thank you, biz, thank you, ev, for -- i'm sorry, say that again? >> [inaudible] >> okay. can you put your name tag back on so i can remember that? >> doesn't matter. >> doesn't matter? okay. by the way, we are actually going to start with a piece of news. about the future of the internet and, seriously, a significant piece of news. these are the co-founders of twitter, and can they have something to announce today. biz, you want to
and, um, steve jobs once said if you want to predict the future, the best way to predict the future is to invent it. and these three gentlemen have all had something to do with the creation of the internet and post-internet. you are illustrious ceo, walter isaacson back when he was at time as editor in if 1994 released one of the very first internet portals called path finder which is still out there today. biz stone and ev williams, co-founders of blogger and twitter, both of those inventions...
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as chairman rockefeller stated i'm steve bruno. vice president of the locomotive engineers and train men, which is a part of the teamsters. my comments will be submitted for the record. everyone acknowledges that our nation's infrastructure is in dire need of repair and expansion. the safety of the traveling public and the jobs created by funding and maintenance, by funding the our struck tuck for everyone affected and nation as a whole. >> twice as much as 5% of the gdp and china invests 9% or three times as much as the united states relative to gdp. america badly needs the economic boost infrastructure investment provides. private investment dollars sit idle on the sidelines while unemployment subornly remains near record levels. infrastructure investment is a proven economic stimulator and a job creator and it is an investment in the future of america. infrastructure investment creates jobs and grows the economy but we need to finance it. and for that, some would overly rely on the private sector. we believe there is a role for
as chairman rockefeller stated i'm steve bruno. vice president of the locomotive engineers and train men, which is a part of the teamsters. my comments will be submitted for the record. everyone acknowledges that our nation's infrastructure is in dire need of repair and expansion. the safety of the traveling public and the jobs created by funding and maintenance, by funding the our struck tuck for everyone affected and nation as a whole. >> twice as much as 5% of the gdp and china invests...
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i wanted to say that we've seen steve jobs to step down as ceo of apple to become chairman. he's the only person that's never been able to actually merge the two worlds with an artists eye, as well as the definition of what grade engineering is. i'm sure that he and the company will do well in the future. from my perspective, that's the perfect example of the kind of union that we should see in the future in other companies and collaborations. from my perspective again, this is the first time in the lecture has been given by someone not employed in broadcast or production. i'm not sure whether it means the bar has been raised or lowered, but i'll do my best. it's an honor to be here as i said as an outsider when he spoke here two years ago, james murdoch described himself as the crazy relative that everyone is is embarrassed by. i guess i wondered what he's saying now. but if james, if james is the family outcast, i'm not sure what that makes me. right, am i geek in the corner. is this -- am i the alien species, am i the android? am i this? you know, you get the idea. don't
i wanted to say that we've seen steve jobs to step down as ceo of apple to become chairman. he's the only person that's never been able to actually merge the two worlds with an artists eye, as well as the definition of what grade engineering is. i'm sure that he and the company will do well in the future. from my perspective, that's the perfect example of the kind of union that we should see in the future in other companies and collaborations. from my perspective again, this is the first time...
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i just don't think -- i think there's one person, steve jobs, who is a unique blend of chromosomes, who can get unique touch with a person like martha, to get in touch. we hear 3d movies aren't doing well. four out of five households make less than $55,000 a year in this country. if you don't think that's an interesting way to live, try doing it for some of you that don't. they can't afford 3d. hollywood is starting to flounder. it would be interesting to bring it back if sony teamed up with google to really improve their user experience, or teamed up with disney, or teamed up with a content company that knows how to entertain. and use navigation. because i can't find half of the things that i hear about. i'm in the business. i think those are the two trends that we're going to start to see. better user experience and actually going out and teaching people how to do it. >> great. something about -- we all touched on this a little bit. i do work in the video space. it might be self-serving. the whole concept of how we are consuming. i'm a consumer of media, news, journalism, movies, tele
i just don't think -- i think there's one person, steve jobs, who is a unique blend of chromosomes, who can get unique touch with a person like martha, to get in touch. we hear 3d movies aren't doing well. four out of five households make less than $55,000 a year in this country. if you don't think that's an interesting way to live, try doing it for some of you that don't. they can't afford 3d. hollywood is starting to flounder. it would be interesting to bring it back if sony teamed up with...